Research
Research Policy
- To encourage the faculty to take up quality research.
- To create a Research Fund for Minor and Major Research Projects.
- To encourage advanced learners amongst students (UG & PG) to take up minor research projects, survey based projects particularly during semester breaks by providing financial assistance
- To arrange training programmes for students and faculty on research methodology and research skill development.
- To organize conferences / seminars / workshops / FDPs by the respective departments in collaboration with the Research Centre.
- To publish in-house journal - a collection of research papers and well written review articles (Proposal for obtaining ISSN number submitted).
Institutional Research Policy
- To provide OOD facility and reimburse registration fee for teachers attending Conferences / Workshops / Seminars and involved in the data collection, subject to the condition that each teacher can attend 2 Seminars / Conferences in a Semester.
- To provide TA & DA to faculty members who are presenting papers in Seminars / Conferences etc.
- A full time faculty member can apply for minor research project once in a year or after completion of ongoing minor research project (At any point of timeeach faculty member can have only one ongoing project)
- Duration of the minor research projects shall be one year and major research projects 2 years from the date of sanction of grant.
- To provide monetary incentives for academic achievements of staff based on their publication and acceptance in peer reviewed journals of repute.
- To acquire statistical analysis software (IBM, SPSS) and plagiarism software
- To acquire computational programming language (MAT LAB)
- To acquire discipline wise research methodology books to help literature survey, develop analytical skills.
- To subscribe to more number of e-journals.
- To follow up with the UGC for 2f & 12B recognition.
- To send proposal to NAAC for conducting National level Seminar.
- To send research proposal to UGC after 2f & 12B recognition.
Institutional initiatives to facilitate research
Management has sanctioned Research Fund of Rs.10 Lakhs for research by Faculty and Students.
Completed Research Projects - Faculty
| Sl. No | Name of the Principal Investigator | Approximate Duration of the Project | Title of the Research Project | Amount/Fund Sanctioned | Year of Sanction | Department of Recipient |
| 1 | Dr. K. Uma Maheshwari | 1 year | "A Study on Impact of Demonetization and Cashless Economy on Micro and Small Scale Industry with reference to Peenya Industrial area, Bangalore North" | Rs.63,000 | 2017 | Department of Commerce and Management Studies |
| 2 | Ms. Sreevidya | 15 months | "Enforcement of Marital Duties through Arbitration" | Rs.78,000 | 2017 | Department of Commerce |
| 3 | Prof.Shashikala & Prof. Nandini | 6 months | "A Study on Consumer Preferences and Perception towards Organic Products with special reference to retail outlets in Bangalore North" | Rs.10,000 | 2017 | Department of Management |
| 4 | Mrs. Y S Kalaivani | 2 years | "Intrusion Detection in Network using Data Mining Algorithms using Hadoop" | Rs.50,000 | 2017 | Department of Computer Science |
| 5 | Dr. Ranjana Pillai | 1 years | "Sahitya Samaj Ka Darshan (Premchand Sahitya Ke Sandarbh Me)" | Rs.45,000 | 2017 | Department of Hindi |
| 6 | Dr. Padmavathy.K | 1.5 years | "Stress at Work Place -Causes, Effects and Solutions with Special Reference to Sindhi College Teaching Faculty" | Rs.50,000 | 2017 | Department of English |
| 7 | Mr.Sunil M Rashinkar | 6 months | "Investment Behavior with special reference to Bengaluru City District" | Rs.25,000 | 2017 | Department of Post Graduation(M.Com) |
| 8 | Dr. Ramananda.K | 2 years | "Women Participation in Indian Culture" | Rs.75,000 | 2017 | Department of Kannada |
| 9 | Ms. Prathima & Mr. V Srihari |
6 months | "A Study on Investment Avenues of Salaried Women Working with Organised sector with special reference to Bangalore North Region" | Rs.25,000 | 2017 | Department of Commerce |
| 10 | Ms. Jayshree & Mr. Kumar |
1 years | "A Study on Effects of Implementation of Goods and Services Tax on SME's with Respect to Peenya Industrial Area, Bengaluru" | Rs.60,000 | 2017 | Department of Commerce |
| 11 | Ms. Grace Victor & Ms. Bhavya.M |
1 years | "A Study on Consumer Behaviour towards Kids Wear, with Special Reference to Chickpet, Bengaluru" | Rs.50,000 | 2017 | Department of Commerce |
Ongoing Research Projects Students 2019-20 - Beyond Curriculum
| Sl. No. | Title of the Project | Name of the Guide | Name of the students | Class | Duration |
| 1 | "A Study on growth and development in automobile industry" | Ms. Mamatha B V | Anagha M.Kulkarni, Vinitha, Akila B, Rhea Joseph, Arun Babu |
IV Sem B.Com | 3 Months |
| 2 | "Study on General Disregard for Soft Skills in a Bachelors Degree Course" | Ms. Ramya N | Samarth Aiyappa, Shreyas S, Chaithanya, Shabana Kausar, Rohit. H Rao. |
IV Sem BCOM | 3 Months |
| 3 | "A Study on Consumer Perception towards Digital Payment Modes with special reference to Kempapura Hebbal" | Ms.Raji. N | Tanmay Sapra, Jamaluddin Ansari, Shuba Shree K, Afzal Khan, Syed Zain. |
IV Sem BCOM | 3 Months |
| 4 | "A Study on Recent Trends in Banking Sector in India." | Ms.Rubina Sulthana | Prajwal F.Rakhia, Vidya D.G, Mamatha K, Nitesh P.N, Mamatha J. |
II Sem Bcom | 3 Months |
| 5 | "A Study on Problems and Challenges faced by Rural Entrepreneurs in Bangalore North" | Ms.Grace J. | Manasa M, Nidhi Ullal, Gaurraw Pamnani, Shaik Arbaz Ali |
II Sem BCOM | 3 Months |
| 6 | "A Study on Impact of Social Networking Sites on Students with special reference to sindhi college." | Ms.Kirthana H. | Tejaswini V, Nikitha G.S, Rani N. |
II Sem BCOM | 3 Months |
| 7 | "A study on the addiction to specific Apps in smartphones among Gen X" | Mr. Vaidyesh M A | Mr. Arya Sunil Mr.Ajay Mathur, Mr.Eashaan, Ms.K. Sri Sanjana |
II Sem BBA | 3 Months |
| 8 | A study on small scale industries and their wages structure with special reference to hebbal, kempapura | Mr. Srinidhi | Ms. Kedareeshwari M | IV Sem BBA | 3 Months |
| 9 | Study of new technological innovations and their possible stratergical and operational effects on amozon’s supply chain | Ms. Radhika E K | Mr. Praveen Ms. Ramya D U Ms. Devi Anusuya |
IV Sem BCA | 3 Months |
| 10 | A study on economic trends and their impact on gold | Ms. Sowmya.G.S | Mr.Walla Hisham Mustafa |
IV Sem M.COM ( FA ) | 3 Months |
Research Advisory Committee
| Sl. No. | Member | Designation |
| 1 | Dr. H.A. Ranganath | Former Director, NAAC & Emeritus Professor, IISC, Bengaluru |
| 2 | Dr. K.Eresi | Former Dean & Chairman, Faculty of Commerce, Bangalore University |
| 3 | Dr. Y.Rajaram | Director, Ramaiah Institute of Management Studies |
| 4 | Dr. H.Hanumathappa | Chairman, Department of Computer Science, Bangalore University |
| 5 | Dr. Y.Narahari | Chairman, Department of Computer Science, IISc, Bangalore |
| 6 | Dr. B.S. Srikanta | Principal/Convener |
| 7 | Prof. Asha.N | Vice Principal |
| 8 | Dr. K. Ramanand | Research Co-ordinator |
| 9 | Dr. Padmavathy | HOD, English Department |
| 10 | Dr. Ranjana Pillai | HOD, Hindi Department |
| 11 | Dr. Giriraj Kumar | Faculty in Hindi Department |
| 12 | Dr. Rahul Kavishkar | HOD, PG Department |
| 13 | Dr. Uma Maheshwari | Faculty in PG Department |
| 14 | Prof. Jayashree Tambad | HOD, Commerce Dept. |
| 15 | Dr. Kariyanna | HOD, Kannada Dept. |
| 16 | Dr. Roopa | HOD, Mathematics Dept. |
Research Cell Activities
List of Activities of Research Centre
- Research Centre established on 13/8/2016
- Research Advisory Committee consisting of eminent personalities in the field of higher education constituted.
- A fund of Rs.10 Lakhs is created by Sindhi Seva Samiti for financing Minor and Major Research Projects
- Release of edited book with ISBN number – “Navya Sahithyadalli Stree Samvedane” a collection of research articles which highlights the role of women in literature and their contributions to the literature.
- A National Conference on “Women in Academic Institutions – Opportunities, Challenges and Constraints” was organized on 9/2/2017. 108 delegates across the country participated in the seminar. 105 research papers were presented in the seminar. Selected research papers were published in the proceedings with ISBN number.
- Workshop on “Research Methodology” by Dr.B S Srikanta was held on 27/12/2016
- Guest Lecture on “Research Methodology” by Dr. K.Uma Maheswari for IV Sem BBA Students was held on 7/3/2017
- “Glory of Vijaya Nagara Empire” an intensive research work by Dr.K.Ramananda, Research Coordinator was published by the college Research Cell on 16/3/2017.
- FDP on “How to Write a Good Quality Research Paper” by Dr. Rangaraj was conducted on 18/11/2017.
- Workshop on “Research Methodology” by Prof. Senthil Kumar was conducted on 26/03/2018
- National Conference on “Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Start-Ups for Economic transformation, Trends, Opportunities & Challenges” was organized on 13/04/2018
- “Wissen”Inter-Collegiate Students Paper Presentation competition was organized on 20/4/2018
- Guest Lecture on “Tools for Data Analysis in Business Research Methods” by Ms. Sandhya Manoj was held on 20/4/2018.
- Under aegis of Research Cell of the College, 12 students’ minor research projects were successfully completed for the academic year 2017-18.
- “Vidwath” – In house Research Journal Vol – 1, Issue-1 published in the month of June 2018.
- Workshop on “Intellectual Property Rights in India” in association with “CIPRA”, ”NLU” & ”BUFGPA” was organized on 28/9/2018.
- Workshop on “Intellectual Property Rights and Related Laws with special focus on Laws relating to Patents and Copy Rights” by Ms.Bhavana B was conducted on 19/11/2018.
- Workshop on “IPR and related Laws with special focus on Laws relating to Trademarks” by Ms.Janhavi K M was organized on 10/12/2018.
- “Vidwath” – In house Research Journal Vol – 1, Issue- 2 published in the month of December 2018 with Eleven refereed papers.
- Workshop on “Research Methodology & Data Analysis” by Dr. Senthil Kumar was organized on 15/03/2019.
- Guest Lecture on “Techniques of Data Analysis for Business Research” by Ms. Sandhya Pawar was held on 2/4/2019
- “Wissen” Inter-Collegiate Students Paper Presentation competition was organized on 11/04/2019.
- Under aegis of Research Cell of the College, 6 students’ minor research projects were successfully completed for the academic year 2018-19.
- "Vidwath” – In house Research Journal Vol – 2, Issue- 1 published in the month of August 2019 with nine refereed papers.
- Workshop on “Research Methodology and Data analysis” was organized on 2/03/2020
- “Wissen” – Inter-Collegiate Students Paper Presentation competition was organized on 12/3/2020
- Under aegis of Research Cell of the College, 9 students’ minor research projects are on-going.
- Online guest lecture on Techniques of Data Analysis for Business Research by Ms. Sandhya Pawar on 7/5/2020
- “International Webinar On Establishing a Nexus among IPR- Pedagogy- Competition” was organized on 29/8/2020
- “Vidwath” – In house Research Journal Vol – 2, Issue - 2 published in the month of October 2020 with eight refereed papers.
On Going Research Projects - Faculty
| Name of the Principal Investigator | Approximate Duration of the Project | Title of the Research Project | Amount/Fund Sanctioned | Year of Sanction | Department of Recipient |
| Prof. M.A. Vaidyesh & Ms. N.L. Savitha | 6-8 months | An Analytical Study of Students’ Behaviour and Academic Performance in Background of Revolution in Communication Technology, with reference to Bangalore Central University, Bangalore | Rs.51,000 | 2017 | Department of Management |
| Prof. Subrahmanya Bhat | 2 years | A Study on Status of Sanskrit in Karnataka-Opportunities and Challenges | Rs.1,15,000 | 2017 | Department of Sanskrit |
| Mrs. E. K. Radhika | 2 years | Security Mechanism in Generic Medicines using Android Applications | Rs.50,000 | 2017 | Department of Computer Science |
| Mr. Kariyanna. S | 1 year and 6 months | Maddevu Gramadha Shakthi Devathe Swaramma | Rs.65,000 | 2017 | Department of Kannada |
| Dr. Giriraj Kumar | 1.5 years | Varthaman Samaj Ki Dhasha Aur Dishha Ke Sandarb Me Mamatha Kaliya Ke Upanyas | Rs.2,50,000 | 2017 | Department of Hindi |
| Mr. Kariyanna. S & Mr. Manjunath | 18 months | Vishesha Dinaacharanegilu:Samskrutika Sthityantara | Rs.1,00,000 | 2017 | Department of Kannada |
Completed Research Projects Students 2017-18 - Beyond Curriculum
| Sl. No | Guide Name | Students Name & Class | Name of the Research Project | Duration of the project |
| 1 | Prof.Radhika E K | Amit Kumar (V Sem BCA) |
"Sindhi Digi Notes" | 2 Months |
| 2 | Prof. Shashikala U | Reethu Rachel Raj Anupama.G (VI Sem BBA) |
"A Study on the Impact of Job stress on the Physical and Mental Wellbeing of I.T Employees with Special Reference to Cognizant Technology Solutions, Bangalore" | 2 Months |
| 3 | Prof. Shashikala | Ananya Hebbar Smrithi S Indrani I Baidya ( VI Sem BBA) |
"A Study on the Impact of Women Empowerment Measures on Equal Opportunities in Terms of Social, Political and Economic Domains" | 2 Months |
| 4 | Prof. Hemalatha R | Abdul Razack Md. Muzammil Pooja Singh T (VI Sem BCA) |
"Online Faculty Feedback Analysis" | 2 Months |
| 5 | Prof. Hemalatha R | Dinesh Kumar Nirmal Kumar Gagan Singh Dhame (VI Sem BCA) |
"E-Waste Management" | 2 Months |
| 6 | Prof. Y.S. Kalaivani | Mohit Khandelwal Shreyas.S Yogesh S (IV Sem BCA) |
"Internal Marks Assessment System" | 2 Months |
| 7 | Prof. Vaidyesh M.A | KishanKhiya (V Sem BBA) |
"An Analytical Study to know the most preferred E-Commerce website and the reasons behind its success" | 2 Months |
| 8 | Prof. Nandini.S | Suraj Raju K (VI Sem BBA) |
"An analytical Study on Customer Preferences towards Big Bazaar" | 2 Months |
| 9 | Prof. Rashmi | Malashree N Sahana M Keerthana R Kumar (VI Sem B.Sc) |
"Efficient Energy usage using Led Light" | 2 Months |
| 10 | Prof. Asha.N | DeepnaPrakash PriyankaYadav M Nikitha.A (VI Sem B.Com 'B') |
"A Study on Consumer Perception on Patanjali Products" | 2 Months |
| 11 | Prof. Padmavathy.K | Preksha Hari Prasad Naidu Priyanka (VI Sem B.Com) Shashank (VI Sem BBA) |
"A Study on Increase in Number of Residents in Old Age Homes in and Around Kempapura and Yelahanka Areas" | 2 Months |
| 12 | Prof. Roopa | Anusha S Ashwini R Manav M Bajaj Kishore J Rohan K Chanda Choudhary B (IV Sem B.Com 'B') |
"Comparative study of the facilities available in Public and Private Banks" | 2 Months |
Research Expertise
| Sl. No | Professor Name | Qualification | Area of Research | Interested Area to Guide |
| 1 | Dr. B. S. Srikanta | M.Sc, Ph.D | Physics – Condensed Matter | |
| 2 | Dr. K. Ramanand | M.A, Ph.D | Kannada – Cultural study of inscriptions of Vijaya nagara empire. | Ancient history of Karnataka, Kannada novels, Indian culture |
| 3 | Dr. Ranjana Pillai | M.A, Ph.D | Hindi Literature | Poetry |
| 4 | Dr. Giriraj Kumar | M.A, B.Ed, M.Phil, Ph.D, NET |
Hindi Literature | Drama |
| 5 | Dr. Padmavathy K | M.A, LLB, M.Phil, Ph.D, NET |
English & Communication | ELT |
| 6 | Dr. Rahul K Kavishwar | M.Com, MBA, M.Phil, Ph.D |
Finance | Finance & General Mgmt. |
| 7 | Dr. Uma Maheswari | M.Com, MBA, Ph.D | Management | HR and Marketing Management |
Completed Research Projects Students 2018-19 - Beyond Curriculum
| Sl. No. | Guide Name | Students Name & Class | Name of the Research Project | Duration of the project |
| 1 | Prof. N L Savitha | Ajay Kumar A Deepak Kumar J Deepak Kumar N S Mukul Anand S Pawan A Talreja (II Yr B.Com) |
The Effects of Famil Buying Decision Process | 2 – 3 months |
| 2 | Prof. R.Akilandeswari | Sushma R Mamatha Nithyashree (III Yr B.Sc) | On-Chip Permutation Network for Addressing Multiple Error | 2 – 3 months |
| 3 | Prof.Priya Hari | Shashank V Kavyashree K Tejas R (II Yr BCA) |
Graphical Implementation of Bellman-Ford Algorithm | 2 – 3 months |
| 4 | Prof.Prathima | Hari Krishna | A Study on the Factors Influencing Adaptation of Online Banking | 2 – 3 months |
| 5 | Prof.Grace | HariPriya K Sinchana S (II Yr B.Com) |
A Study on Effects of Digitalization on Retailing : Hebbal Region | 2 – 3 months |
| 6 | Prof.Nagarathna | Saqlain Khan Kalyan Kumar Chanchal S Wadha Pooja Aggarwal (II Yr B.Com) |
A Study on Ragging and its Effects and Consequences | 2 – 3 months |
| 7 | Dr.Shwetha | Malathi.V ( IV Sem M.Com ) | Micro Finance and its impact on Socio-Economic Development of Women; (A Study of Bangalore District) | 1 year |
Code of Ethics for Academic Research
The following are the Code of Ethics followed by the Faculty and students of the College :
- A Research scholar should maintain personal honesty in learning, teaching and research.
- A Research scholar should have a mutual trust to encourage the free exchange of ideas and enable all to reach their highest potential.
- A research scholar should seek to ensure fairness in institutional standards, practices and procedures as well as fairness in interactions between members of the community.
- A Research scholar should maintain personal honesty in learning, A Research scholar should uphold high standards of conduct in learning, teaching and research by sharing responsibility for promoting academic integrity.
- A Research scholar should observe valid legal norms related to the conduct and publication of research particularly in relation to copyright, the intellectual property rights of third parties, the terms and conditions regulating access to research resources and the laws of libel.
- A Research scholar should seek to make the results of its research as widely and as freely available as possible.
- Wrong doing in research Intentional ,fraudulent or negligence behaviour like fabrication, plagiarism deliberate misrepresentation and other practices of research scholar that seriously deviate from the code are considered as misconduct.
- A Research scholar should maintain confidentiality in research work.
- A Research scholars should maintain respect among the co-researchers considering issues related to data sharing.
- A Research scholar should be accountable to the terms and conditions of the research work.
- Access provided to free online plagiarism test.
